Just days after Apple started to ship its newest lineup of MacBook Pro units, the company has already issued a firmware update. Why so fast, you ask? For whatever reason, Apple decided to ship some of its hard drive-based MacBook Pro units with a SATA drive interface pegged at “just” 1.5Gbps. Apple followers would know that the non-Pro 13″ MacBook–which the 13″ MacBook Pro replaced–didn’t have such a limitation. Needless to say, a standard hard drive wouldn’t be bothered by such a limit, but if you ever decide

ZOTAC has released its GeForce GTX 275 1792MB graphics card. This card features 1792MB of GDDR3 video memory and supports resolutions up to 2560×1600. To help ensure the best speeds possible, the card uses an ultra-wide 448-bit memory interface. A copy of Race Driver: GRID comes with the card. Additional details and specifications are below. ZOTAC Expands GeForce® GTX 275 Family New GeForce® GTX 275 1792MB delivers large amounts of video memory HONG KONG – Jun. 23, 2009 – ZOTAC International, a leading

Belkin’s latest media streaming solution certainly isn’t the first to utilize Powerline, but it’s the first that we’ve seen in quite some while that really instills confidence. Engineered specifically to handle the high pressures of HD streaming, the Belkin Gigabit Powerline Adapters are made to handle Gigabit speeds as high as 1000Mbps, which should be plenty to pass along even the richest of content available in the home. The adapters are powered by Gigle Semiconductor’s mediaxtream chip, and for those unaware,

Apple issues a firmware fix to enable 3Gbps SATA II speeds on the new Macbook Pros which had been mysteriously limited to 1.5Gbps SATA I speeds. This is important if you decide to drop a shiny new SSD in there.

In an apparent response to user complaints, Apple Inc., today released a firmware upgrade that it said fixes an issue with the drive interface in new MacBook Pros.

Apple said the MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 fixes a problem reported by “a small number of customers” using drives based on the latest SATA specification with the new MacBook Pro line, released this month.

But Apple warned that it has not shipped drives operating at the higher-speed specification, saying, “While this update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbit/sec, Apple has not qualified or offered these drives for Mac notebooks and their use is unsupported.”

If you knew that giving up one of your precious electronics would help save the Earth, would you?Don’t lie – a new survey claims fewer than half of Americans would give up their iPods. Specifically, only 42 percent would be willing to, according to the study, conducted by The Shelton Group.And Apple-haters shouldn’t get too smug. iPod owners weren’t even close to the worst offenders.In answer to the question, “If you thought these things were harming the environment, which of the following would you be willing

PGI and NVIDIA Team To Deliver CUDA Fortran CompilerFortran support for NVIDIA CUDA GPUs to be incorporated into a new version of the PGI Fortran compiler Hamburg, Germany, June 23, 2009 – The Portland Group , a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and a leading supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), today announced an agreement with NVIDIA under which the two companies plan to develop new Fortran language support for CUDA GPUs.The NVIDIA CUDA architecture allows developers to offload

The TLF210 Fusion Messenger Case provides a functional and refreshing design for the modern notebook owner. This case features protection for your notebook, hidden rear pockets and a padded shoulder strap for less stressful carrying. This deal ends 6/24/09 at 12:00pm ET.

Matrox Graphics Unveils Triple and Quad Monitor DisplayPort M-Series Graphics Cards Montreal, Canada, June 23, 2009 – Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, today announced the availability of the Matrox M9138 and Matrox M9148 DisplayPort graphics cards. Expanding the M-Series product line, these new triple- and quad-monitor cards offer a remarkable 1 GB of memory, and with support for independent or stretched mode at resolutions up to 2560×1600 per output, users

Further uniting the Internet with mobile phones and computers, Intel Corporation and Nokia today announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous Internet connectivity. This is clearly big news as it is not every day someone says they are coming up with a new “platform” for mobile products beyond existing smart phones, netbooks and notebook computers. Part of the deal is that Intel can now license Nokia's 3G HSPA technology, which could conceivably be combined with Intel's existing PC chipsets.

“This Intel and Nokia collaboration unites and focuses many of the brightest computing and communications minds in the world, and will ultimately deliver open and standards-based technologies, which history shows drive rapid innovation, adoption and consumer choice,” said Anand Chandrasekher, Intel Corporation senior vice president and general manager, Ultra Mobility Group. “With the convergence of the Internet and mobility as the team's only barrier, I can only imagine the innovation that will come out of our unique relationship with Nokia. The possibilities are endless.”

ASUS today announces the availability of the long-lasting Eee PC 1005HA Seashell in North America. The new model is the first Eee PC to offer over 10 hours of battery life for true all-day computing. The 1005HA, which is the successor to the award-winning Eee PC 1000HE, also boasts all-new Eee Docking software in addition to an elegant design inspired by the graceful curves of a seashell, making it attractive, fun to use, and highly portable.

The 1005HA is the most energy-efficient Eee PC yet, thanks to the ASUS-engineered Super Hybrid Engine (SHE), LED-backlit display and Intel Atom processor. These technologies combine to allow the 10005HA to run all day long, lasting up to 10.5 hours on a single charge. The 1005HA also features a user-replaceable battery and an upgradeable RAM slot.